Articles by Jeff Burleson

About Jeff Burleson
Jeff Burleson is a native of Lumberton, N.C., who lives in Myrtle Beach, S.C. He graduated from N.C. State University with a degree in fisheries and wildlife sciences and is a certified biologist and professional forester for Southern Palmetto Environmental Consulting.
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Georgetown’s Royal Jewels

Jeff Burleson

Notorious for exploding on a bait at lightning speed and taking several hundred yards of line off a reel in a flash, king mackerel are within reach of the weekend angler from the coast off Georgetown. […]

Bass Fishing

Lay the Lumber to ’Em!

Jeff Burleson

Meandering through century-old cypress and tupelo swamps, the tea-colored waters of the picturesque Lumber River swiftly glide from its headwaters in the sandhills of North Carolina to its confluence with the Little Pee Dee River across the South Carolina line. […]

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Sound Advice

Jeff Burleson

The colonists making up the first permanent English settlement in the New World might not have perished had Sir Walter Raleigh included fishing tackle as part of their tools for survival. […]

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River of Many Fish

Jeff Burleson

Not as renowned as the Neuse or the Roanoke, the Pungo River is a prolific fishery loaded with pristine shorelines and waters that are rich in speckled trout. […]

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Summer Slab Season

Jeff Burleson

Spring marks the peak of the annual mating ritual for a majority of freshwater gamefish species in South Carolina, with the almighty crappie being one of the first to rush into the stump-laden shallows. […]

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Flat-water Flounder Fiesta

Jeff Burleson

Located at the southern tip of the Grand Strand, North Inlet is a sportsman’s paradise, loaded with crabs, small fish, shrimp, and the inshore angler’s trifecta — flounder, redfish, and trout. […]